Rob Bishop: “Instead of focusing on saving species, it has become a political tool for radical special interest groups.”

There really is no reason to add to this hearing--unless it is to give Members another 5 minutes to campaign, or speak on the bills. It is kind of a waste of time.

I think many of those local fisheries on the coast would have some quibbling with your jurisdictional approach.

I appreciate this opportunity. This bill has got one thing that I think is going for it very heavily in that it authorizes the opportunity of having the Federal Government being forced to actually deal with the local community on…

The current system protects biodiversity over 100 percent of the Economic Zone of the United States through the councils.